New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-06-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, June 10th. 1887

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The. American Fisheries Society,
the American Chronological Society,
the American Ply sicians Society, and
the Mechanical Engineers Society, have
all held conventions in our city this
week. They found the city SO attract
i've just now in its spring dress that the
sessions have mostly been held at night
so as to give the members an opportu-
uity to see the beauties of art and ma
ture by day light. The President of the
Mechanical Engineers Society, Geo. II.
Bobcock, Of New York, said in his open
ing address that the American people
were hardly aware of the beautiful
Metropolis which the Capital city had
become, and said that the magnihcence
Of the buildings and clearly and beauti.
full stretch of avenues and streets were
only equaled by the warm hospitality Of
the people.
The Fischeries commission has been
some what saddened by the sudden i'll
ness of Prof. Baird Of the Smithsonian
Institute, the father of the fish culture
in this country. The fact that so many
prominent public men have died after
brief illness within the past month
has caused much alarm concerning the
professors illness, but his physicians
pronounce him now out OF danger. The
affection is of the kidneNs
During the Presidents absence in the
woods OF New York State the Executive
Mansion is being oyerhauled and when
he gets back it will have been trans
formed from it's gorgeous winter dress
into it's light and cool costume of the
summer. 1t is not expected that the
President will leave the City again until
fall, and he and Mrs. Cleveland will
take their abode at Oak View for the
summer.
Now that the enforcement Of the Sun.
day Law is being tested in the Courts,
the people through the newspapers are
making loud calls for open air concerts
and free access to the Government build
ings and libraries on Sunday. The en-
ployes in the buildings are doing all
they can to defeat the new depart
ure as Sunday is the only day that
they have to themselves and they have
protested against being made to work
on Sunday.
There is no appropriation out of which
an extra force to do duty on Sunday
can be paid, and so there seems to be
no probability that the buildings will be
opened on that holy day.
Able fnanciers, with good reason,
predict q financial crisis when the move
ment of the present crops begin, based
upon the fact that within the past year,
the New York banks have increased
their rate of interest from 2 per cent.
to per cent, while their reserve sur.
plus has very largely decreased, and al
SO, upon the further facts, that the i'm
mense surplus in the Federal treasury
continues to rapidly accumulate, with
out any relief from the burdenous taxes
exacted from the people. Thus, at the
end Of two years, we are sensibly feel
ing the benefits to business and public
policy of reform (?) Democratic Adj
ministration. Really Uncle Sam is so
seriously i'll from his nauseous dose Of
Democracy that it is highly probable an
extra session of Congress will have to
be called early nextfall to administer an
antidote.
The recent death of Maj. Ben Perley
Poore, the pioneer Washington newspa-
per correspondent, removed familiar
and prominent figure from the Capital.
For forty-fve years he has been init
mately associated with the great states
men of the country, from Clay and Cal
houn to Blaine and Lamar-he having
been for twenty-five years clerk of the
Senate Printing Committee, years after
he had become q leading Journalist.